Subintimal angioplasty: Our experience in the treatment of 506 infrainguinal arterial occlusions.

Objective: The treatment of patients with chronic arterial occlusions involving the superficial femoral artery has changed significantly with the incorporation of subintimal angioplasty (SIA) into vascular surgery practice. To more clearly define technical feasibility, patency, and clinical outcomes of SIA, we reviewed our cumulative experience.

Methods: A retrospective review of all patients who underwent SIA of arterial occlusions originating in the superficial femoral artery was performed.

Subintimal angioplasty for the treatment of claudication and critical limb ischemia: 3-year results.

Objective: Subintimal angioplasty (SIA) is an increasingly used method of lower extremity revascularization for patients with chronic arterial occlusions. To assess the technical feasibility, safety, and 3-year outcomes of patients treated with SIA, we performed a retrospective review of our early experience.

Methods: Patient information-including demographics, indications, procedures, noninvasive arterial studies, and postprocedural events-was recorded in a database.